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Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising's Final Trailer Drops

劇場版 まどか☆マギカ〈ワルプルギスの廻天〉本予告 日本のファンの反応

Puella Magi Madoka MagicaWalpurgisnacht RisingHomura AkemiMadoka Kaname
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising's Final Trailer Drops
“The quiet heartbreak that even Madoka — the one who says "you're allowed to be saved too" — is herself not saved.”

「あなたも救われていいんだよ」って言うまどかも救われてない悲しさ

— @sleep-non

The full trailer for Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising dropped — and after years of delays on the follow-up to Rebellion, the single most-liked Japanese comment is just four characters of pure relief: "no more delays, confirmed." But the reaction underneath it is anything but light. Fans zero in on the film's thesis — a girl who'd lose herself to save everyone, versus a girl who'd lose everything to save one person — and on their hope that Homura, after all this time, finally gets to grasp a happy ending. The thread turns quietly devastating as long-time viewers share why this movie matters: someone who suffered a brain hemorrhage last December and pushed through rehab just to walk into the theater on their own two feet; someone discharged from a leukemia ward who might make it if there's no relapse; someone who saw the original 14 years ago with a friend who has since "become a concept," and now understands Homura completely. It runs through instant, reflexive Kyubey hatred, the dread that an unbilled finale could mean another decade-long wait, and a wry "wait, is this Evangelion?" — before landing on a simple rallying cry.

（YouTube · アニプレックス チャンネル（本予告））

Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 4172)

  • D E L A Y. C A N C E L E D. C O N F I R M E D.

    延　期　な　し　決　定

    — @brake10019,420 likes

  • Well — WE got saved, at least. By the "no more delays" confirmation.

    まあ俺たちは救われたけどね。延期無し決定で

    — @ピーオー-v5n173 likes

  • So it's the story of a girl who'd lose herself to save everything, and a girl who'd lose everything to save just one person.

    自分を失ってでもすべてを救いたい少女と すべてを失っても1人を救いたい少女の話か

    — @ルカリンノズミ4,535 likes

  • I'm so in Homura's corner that I end up rooting for her over any of the new characters.

    ほむらに肩入れしてるから新キャラたちよりほむらを応援してしまう

    — @UU-fr8vs2,958 likes

  • It's not some parallel side-story — it really does look like a direct continuation of Rebellion, and I'm so happy. The art is gorgeous too, and man, I just want Homuhomu to be rewarded already…

    パラレル的なストーリーじゃなくて、やっぱ叛逆の続きっぽくてめちゃくちゃ嬉しい 作画めっちゃ綺麗だし、ほむほむも報われてほしいなー…

    — @ホイホイ-e3d2,621 likes

  • Back during the endless delays, someone said "it's just taking Homura this long to grab hold of her happy ending" — I genuinely love that line.

    延期しまくっていた時期に誰かが「ほむらがハッピーエンドを掴み取るまで時間がかかっているだけ」と言ったの本当に好き

    — @癒しは隼2,013 likes

  • "She was originally Sayaka's childhood friend." That's already too much, I'm about to cry.

    「元々さやかの幼馴染だった」 もう辛い、泣きそう

    — @歩くぶた2,307 likes

  • Sayaka, who barely had a connection with Homura in the original series, gradually becoming the one who understands her through Rebellion and Walpurgisnacht — that's just so, so good.

    アニメ本編だと関係が薄かったさやかが叛逆、廻天を経てほむらの理解者になっていくのめちゃくちゃ良いんすよね…

    — @潮風インコ2,017 likes

  • In the anime, across pretty much every timeline, Sayaka never understood Homura and they just kept missing each other — so it was such a relief that in Rebellion, Madoka's memories finally cleared up her misread of Homura. It was a relief… but there's clearly another storm coming this time too, and that worries me.

    アニメではどの世界線でも大体ほむらの事をさやかが理解出来ずにすれ違い続けてたから、叛逆でまどかの記憶からようやくほむらへの誤解が解けて良かった 良かったけど、また今回も一波乱ありそうなのがなぁ…

    — @ゆきねこ-x4m217 likes

  • No matter how many years pass, the instant Kyubey appears on screen the hatred and disgust come rushing back in a split second. That's terrifying in itself.

    どれだけ月日が経っててもキュウべえが映った瞬間に一瞬で憎悪や嫌悪感が蘇るのヤバい

    — @となりのトコロ-y9b1,652 likes

  • 0:14 "This is my obsession with Madoka." ← Yeah. We know.

    0:14「これは、私のまどかへの執着」←知ってる

    — @シャニマス怪文書1,036 likes

  • The friend I went to see the film with 14 years ago has "become a concept," and I'm the only one left behind in reality. I understand how Homura feels now — she isn't a villain, and I'm confident I'd make the exact same choice.

    １４年前に一緒に映画を見に行った友人は概念となってしまい、私のみが現実に取り残されてしまった。ほむらさんの気持ちが今なら分かる。彼女は悪女ではなく、同じ選択を私もする自信がある。

    — @tm-ib8uk2,731 likes

  • Last December I collapsed from a brain hemorrhage, and I pushed through rehab using "I get to see this" as my motivation. Now I can walk to the theater on my own two feet.

    昨年の12月に脳出血で倒れて、これを観るのを励みにリハビリ頑張った。今は自分の足で観に行ける。

    — @hapido1猫男爵5,812 likes

  • I was hospitalized with leukemia until just recently, thinking I'd never get to watch it — but I was discharged the other day, and if there's no relapse, I just might make it to see this…

    白血病でついこの間まで入院してて俺は観れないなぁって思ってたけど、先日退院できて再発しなけりゃ観に行けるかもしれない、、

    — @伝説の黒龍5637-h5i1,075 likes

  • And please, take good care of your own self too.

    あなた自身のこともどうか大切にしてあげてね

    — @狐の木の葉396 likes

  • Homura isn't the only one who kept fighting all alone, you know. Let every single one of them be saved.

    独りで頑張り続けたのはほむらだけじゃないんだよな 全員救われてくれ

    — @セツナ-v1j854 likes

  • The "Madoka Magica" color runs pink → black → yellow, so it feels like there are still two more films to come.

    「まどかマギカ」の色がピンク→黒→黄色って来てるからあと2話はありそう

    — @やっほほーい340 likes

  • As long as it's not billed as the conclusion, the very real possibility that we get made to wait another 10-plus years after this is no joke.

    完結と銘打ってない以上、これの後にまた10年以上待たされる可能性あるのが笑えない

    — @cielport4,445 likes

  • Is this… Evangelion?

    エヴァかな？

    — @Soda-l8f137 likes

  • "For whose sake — and what is it you want to do?" ← the ultimate question.

    「誰の為に 何がしたいのですか？」←究極

    — @ビオリネ119 likes

  • We are absolutely going to go see this. All of us.

    絶対に観に行こうな！

    — @aira55ai39114 likes
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